An open Letter addressed to the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, on the meaning of the word IDEALIST. 152168 NOTE (To accompany first edition.) Since this work was first written the progress of physical science has given to some of the language used in the original draft an air of plagiarism, or of prophecy. The author can only be glad if what has been lost in freshness has been gained in force; but for the sake of more important passages it may be a duty to note that what is herein said on the subject was said in that first draft; and even that the author mentioned to a publisher who favoured it with a perusal in the spring of 1901, his presentiment that these criticisms were about to receive some such corroboration as they have in fact reeived since. HEADS 2. Psychology: The Personal Equation 3. Etymology: The Castle in the Air 4. Lexicography: The Play upon Words 5. Metaphysics: The House of Cards 9. Dynamics: The Demon in the Stone 10. Chemistry: The Man in the Crumb . 11. Mathematics: The Conjuring Trick 14. Metastrophe: The Magic Crystal 16. Theology: The Painted Window. |